Motorcycle visor rain disk

[andrew] sent us this proof of concept. Based off of the Spiech Clear view screen, used in marine applications, it uses a spinning disk to keep a part of your vision free of water droplets. While you may not be too impressed by watching the video initially, keep in mind that this was a quick prototype. With some planning and a little work, this could be moved to a more convenient location and run by a side mounted motor. It could even be made to be removable for fair weather. It probably doesn’t do so well with mud though.

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16 thoughts on “Motorcycle visor rain disk”

A full-face slipstream-driven version of this was being advertised in motorcycle magazines perhaps 25 years ago now (alongside cigar-like plastic tube thingies that allowed a rider to smoke while riding).

Never seen one for real; perhaps gyroscopic forces were a problem with the larger disk?

I’m imagining a helmet visor with a thin conductive layer on it, hooked up to a power supply. As a motorcycle engine is just a power-plant after all, so you should be able to run as many volts as you need.

I used to work at the same place as Andrew! Small world. Anyways, it’s a great idea. Here in Vancouver, we need advanced rain-shedding equipment!

On my motorcycle I just tilt my head, but I’m now going to make a pair of powered goggles for riding my bike. I hate the goggle fog and this thing should block rain, shed drops and have enough air circulation to avoid fogging.

Working on it right now, and I’ve now built about the same thing as Andrew (looks like we both found the same sized plastic scrap, heh. I need now one big enough to cover both eyes.)

The concept model works remarkably well at staying drop-free. I’m amazed this idea isn’t everywhere!

this is 100% useless why is this on hackaday like for example i have a dirt bike keyword dirt this is fucking useless in mud and when you dirt bike where are you in the f/u/c/k/i/n mud god damn morons like would it hurt to come up with something that’s actually useful really i said this before there’s a reason why you lame fags got hacked like why should we come to you guys for hacked when you got hacked hard you fags are so 1337 really we all know that you are a bunch of lamers trying to capitalize on the community LAMERZ